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Johanna, CanCon variety
@johannab.ca
Yer crabby #GenX Internet Auntie.

Technology dilettante, feral tech support, filling potholes & building bike lanes on the infohighway.

Serial #fediForumAttendee, fan […]

🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://cosocial.ca/@johannab, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Just noticed on transit: person wearing toque embroidered with “do not disturb: gaming” written on it. Quickly realized what would be the error of commenting, even as a compliment, on the hat … before I did so … as he was clearly busy on his phone.

Strikes me that’s an incredibly good public […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Reposted by Johanna, CanCon variety
#eventbrite to be acquired by #bendingspoons, following their acquisition of #Meetup.com which caused many users to migrate to Eventbrite in the first place. I think at this point if becomes very obvious that the #Fediverse is the best place to coordinate your meetups, and you have many options […]
Original post on rheinneckar.social
rheinneckar.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by Johanna, CanCon variety
Spectra.video is an important PeerTube instance for the fediverse. Home to @fediforum @fedicon @decentered_podcast to name a few.

Costs are building up, and funding is needed. Let’s do this!

https://opencollective.com/spectra-video
Spectra Video - Open Collective
A PeerTube instance focused on creators.
opencollective.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
ugh, brain. today was Climate Change class day and it was great but it was a 3 hr seminar then we had an end-of-term social and now I NEED TO GET MY TRANSPORTATION PAPER FUCKING DONE AND MY BRAIN IS ALL AAAAAAUUUUUGGGHGHHH FIX CLIMATE NOW.

#adhd #attentiondysregulationheydonuts bleah.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Not that "Giving Tuesday" makes much sense in Canada, but since everyone and their Nigerian Prince is spamming me their fundraising campaigns today, here's a great one for supporting the Social Web ecosphere.

Bonfire Networks is only about $2500 shy of their GoFundMe milestone. Please help get […]
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cosocial.ca
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
RE: https://mas.to/@HourlySneps/115623434998312660

If you like admiring the murderkittens from a safe distance, this account is a nice follow for the occasional timeline cleanse. Glad to find it here.
mas.to
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
HEY CANADA.

MP Elizabeth May is sponsoring a petition to get Electoral Reform back in front of Parliament.

Could all of us who were utterly betrayed in 2016 when JT reneged on this please go put our electrons onto this one? yes, yes, the petitions don't mean a thing WILL happen, but there was […]
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cosocial.ca
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
oh, this is amazing news if you grew up anywhere near Escarpment country!

Bruce Trail Conservancy has acquired the Talisman Mountain Resort lands in Beaver valley.

I think just found a Giving Tuesday beneficiary!

https://brucetrail.org/talisman-news/
# BTC purchases former Talisman Mountain Resort lands #### **Bruce Trail Conservancy purchases former Talisman Mountain Resort lands, preserves over 120 acres for conservation** December 1, 2025 – DUNDAS, ONTARIO The Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC) is excited to announce the purchase of the former Talisman Mountain Resort lands in the Beaver Valley. This landmark acquisition permanently protects over 120 acres of sensitive Niagara Escarpment land from development pressures, provides opportunities for ambitious ecological restoration, and ensures continued public access to greenspace by securing 885 metres of the iconic Bruce Trail. “This is a once-in-a-generation moment,” said Michael McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of the Bruce Trail Conservancy. “Protecting such a vulnerable and ecologically important area, beloved by the local community and vital to the biodiversity of the UNESCO Niagara Escarpment Biosphere, represents a major step forward for conservation and recreation in Ontario.” Located near Kimberley, Ontario, in the heart of the Beaver Valley, the former ski hill and resort have sat dormant for over a decade. Throughout this time, proposals for large-scale development of the property were met with significant community resistance, as residents and visitors voiced deep concerns about potential environmental impacts and the precedent such projects could set for other Niagara Escarpment lands. The lands purchased by the BTC include the Escarpment brow, the former ski slopes, and the resort buildings at the base of the hill. The future of the existing buildings has yet to be decided, and the Bruce Trail Conservancy is carefully evaluating potential options. The Bruce Trail Conservancy is one of Canada’s most active land trusts and steward of over 15,000 acres of sensitive Niagara Escarpment lands, guided by the route of Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath. Under the care of BTC ecologists, restoration specialists, and dedicated volunteers, the vulnerable and degraded habitats of the former Talisman lands will be permanently protected, restored, and made available for generations of hikers to connect with nature along the Bruce Trail. The BTC is considering extensive restoration efforts to bring lands on the property back to peak ecological health. This includes large-scale reforestation and habitat remediation for the many threatened species noted in the area, including Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark, Least Bittern, Louisiana Waterthrush, and more. The former ski slopes represent the only break in the forest canopy across a 10-kilometre stretch of the western Beaver Valley, making reforestation a key priority. “We have an exciting opportunity to restore neglected and damaged habitats on this property,” said Adam Brylowski, Director of Conservation and Trail for the Bruce Trail Conservancy. “These will be one of the most ambitious restoration projects in our organization’s history, helping us fulfill our mission to _preserve a ribbon of wilderness, for everyone, forever._ ” The Bruce Trail Conservancy recognizes the remarkable community support that led to this historic purchase. In particular, the Escarpment Corridor Alliance (ECA) was instrumental in drawing public attention to the property’s importance, commissioning ecological and land use studies, facilitating early conversations with the landowners, and significantly contributing to the appraisal process. The ECA is a regional land trust that is strengthening a conservation community of action in South Georgian Bay. To support the purchase, restoration and long-term stewardship of this newly protected area, the Bruce Trail Conservancy will be launching a public fundraising campaign. For more information visit brucetrail.org/talisman. _____________________ **About the Bruce Trail Conservancy** The Bruce Trail Conservancy is one of Ontario’s largest land trusts that secures, protects and restores the vulnerable habitat and biodiversity of the UNESCO Niagara Escarpment Biosphere. For more than 60 years we have responsibly connected people to nature through the Bruce Trail. We are a member-driven, volunteer-based, charitable organization governed by a 19-member Board of Directors. Working with each of the nine Bruce Trail Clubs, we are committed to caring for the Bruce Trail and to preserving land along its route. The Bruce Trail Conservancy is a leading Canadian environmental charity and has been named one of the 2025 Top 100 Charities in Canada by Charity Intelligence. **Media Contact:** Ali Schofield, Manager of Communications Bruce Trail Conservancy [email protected] | 905.529.6821 ext. 252 Bruce Trail Conservancy staff members are available for interviews upon request.
brucetrail.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Ugh. Noro. (The yarn, not the virus).

Either way, actually - there may be regrets. 🧶 😂 #knitting #socks #silkgarden
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
RE: https://mas.to/@tezoatlipoca/115644977307388035

On the second day of #fediverse my true love gave to me ...

TWO #bridged posts and
ONE #toot in my #mastodon feeeeed.
:msmusicnote: On the first day of #Fediverse, my true love gave to me

ONE #toot in my #Mastodon #feed :msmusicnotes:
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Noro. Darling.

This is why we are complicated ....

🧶 #yarnbarf
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Something about the theme music for the “We Fix Space Junk” podcast has called Red Dwarf up from whatever deep storage my addled brain has and now I’m awake with THAT show’s title track looping in my head and I need to find the full lyrics.

It’s cold outSIIIDE, there’s no kind of atmosphere […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Just discovered a new realm where I can commit off-by-1 errors and really mess up my day.

colourwork knitting charts. 😩
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial/115611635900161034

Very cool. More ways to follow with less slop in the feed
mastodon.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
RE: https://mastodon.world/@weathermatrix/115611722659306557

Never seen one of these in person, but it seems like one of the weirder things Lake Erie can do.
mastodon.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yarn.Chicken.WIIIIIIINNNNN!!!! 🧶
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
there's another spam wave going around, and I won't get into the weeds and amplify it, but this one has some nonsense word salad that relies very heavily on a conspiracy theory from the '90s, which seems to have been traced back through the more recent Q nonsense.

Please report them if you […]
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cosocial.ca
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Having one of those "should probably eat, haven't all day, don't wanna ...." and now it's closer to bedtime than dinner.

These moments call for what my kid named "snack'n'snack' as toddler. Basically ... assorted small appetizers I can be convinced to eat because I don't have to *think* about […]
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cosocial.ca
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We live in both the worst timeline, and the silliest timeline.

1) There's a rubber duck museum?
2) .. in Point Roberts WA?
3) .... which is defecting to Tsawassen to remain solvent, because Canadian tourists have stopped visiting?
The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
If I can get my shit together in the next two weeks (4 papers, 3 python notebooks, 2 trip reports ...

and a partriiiidge in a peeearrrr treeeee!!!!)

I get a few weeks to breathe, and then I THINK I might have just cobbled together the most coherent possible semester I have yet.

It would be my […]
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cosocial.ca
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wow it's barely midday and my tasks and interactions are so diverse I feel like I'm code-switching so hard I'm hopping timelines.

AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK ... back to the bobdanged Python ML assignments while I log in to another virtual session at #cop30.

If I'm back here before 4 pm EST somebody […]
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cosocial.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
[Recent news, gender-based violence]

I just heard about this.

It is sickeningly shocking.

Yet. I am also unsurprised. Another footnote in a long list I started accumulating at 18 years old. Maybe earlier.

This coming December 6 will be 36 years since the devastating violence carried out at […]
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cosocial.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hey all, now we can play the best games.

Quote this post with your six-word story answering the question "Who is John Mastodon?", Canadian Heritage Moment style.
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mick/115580013519468808

Wonder how many levels we can take this to?

😆

I should probably go to bed before we open a wormhole in the Fediverse, I guess.
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Advertising algorithms, please come and collect your also-drunk buddy, the Job Recommendation algorithm, you clearly need to share a cab.

If your role requires me to have my own vehicle that is large enough to transport an "office printer" of no other specific application, your role is NOT a […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM